Texas A&M University Apiculture

Our lab is participating at this year’s, which upon a butterfly event at the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History!!! 

Via ABJ Extra News: Travel Grant Opportunity to Attend Workshop at 2027 ABF Conference

From the One Hive Foundation:

Dear Beekeeper,
We are excited to announce a travel grant opportunity of up to $1,500 for beekeepers to attend the following workshop: Bee-Friendly Policy & Advocacy Training for Beekeepers, presented by Dr. Judy Wu-Smart from the University of Nebraska.

This 3-hour workshop will take place during the American Beekeeping Federation Annual Conference on Thursday, January 14, 2027 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Galveston, Texas.

The One Hive Foundation travel grant aims to support beekeepers interested in strengthening their advocacy and policy engagement skills, enabling them to effectively represent the interests of the beekeeping community. Priority will be given to representatives of beekeeping organizations, as the knowledge and experience gained through this opportunity are expected to be shared with and utilized by the broader organizations and communities they represent.

Grants will be made directly to the individual attending, and past travel grant recipients are not eligible to apply again. Eligible uses of grant funds include airfare, hotel, and other travel-related expenses. All recipients will also receive a complimentary registration to the ABF conference.

The application deadline is Monday, August 3rd, 2026, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. For more information and to apply, please use the link below.

Feel free to share this announcement with anyone who might be interested in this opportunity. Applicants are encouraged to apply soon, as travel awards are limited and will be distributed on a competitive basis.

Thank you for your support in spreading the word. (We posted about the travel grants on our Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Feel free to share these posts with your networks!)

We look forward to empowering more beekeepers with the tools and knowledge needed for impactful advocacy!

To apply, visit

goapply2.akoyago.com

The next session in the At Home Beekeeping Series will be Tuesday, June 30, from 6:30-7:30 PM CT.

This month we will have Dr. Rangel, Professor of Apiculture at Texas A&M University, with us to talk about queen management essentials. Please help us out by sharing this info on your social media sites and sending the attached (clickable) flyer to your partners and local beekeeping associations.

We have created a Facebook Event so you can easily share the event on social media (https://www.facebook.com/share/1E4R193q2G/) and have shared the event on the Lawrence County-Alabama Extension page here: https://www.facebook.com/LawrenceCountyextension. Feel free to re-share this post from our site or create your own post with the attached flyer.

Information for the entire series can be found here: https://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/bees-pollinators/at-home-beekeeping-series/. Registration for the session can be found at https://www.aces.edu/go/AHBW.

Hello all,

I hope all is well with everyone! Keegan Nichols is defending his PhD defense TODAY, 10 June, at 10 AM CST. Join us!!

Here is the zoom link:
https://tamu.zoom.us/j/93604873672?pwd=VBs3akt4wLAbeLIRGOTUb5Ik7SuMKT.1

Thank you all for everything!

Hi Texas Beekeepers! the TBA Summer Clinic is just around the corner and we can't wait to see you there.

SUMMER CLINIC
Victoria College Emerging Technology Center
Victoria, TX
June 13th, 2026

Registration is open online until June 10 at midnight for TBA members that want to take advantage of the $99 all day pass. Registrations at the door are $135 and may not include lunch.

Check out the allstar list of speakers with a variety of topics to choose from. Brush up on your waggle dance before our Keynote speaker Dr. James C Nieh enlightens us on this fascinating form of communication.

https://texasbeekeepers.org/summer-clinic/

THBEA's raffle this year is definitely worth participating in.

2025 Summer Clinic - Texas Beekeepers Association A full day of buzzing break-out sessions, hands-on learning, and hive-minded fellowship. Whether you’re a brand-new beekeekper or a seasoned pro, there will be something to help you grow, connect, ... Read more

Dear beekeepers!

I am working in collaboration with Drs. Juliana Rangel and Judit Penzes on the screening of viruses from bee colonies with the goal of developing strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of bee diseases and hive parasites.

We kindly ask for your help to send us samples from your bee colonies. We are interested in bees, wax from both comb and brood, and any type of hive pest including but not limited to small hive beetles, wax worms, wax moths and varroa mites.

If you have the possibility of sending samples, we kindly request to send us the samples with ice packages or at room temperature in ziploc bags with the date of collection and locality (at least city and state) to the following address:

Dr. Judit Penzes
Department of Entomology, 2475 TAMU
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-2475

Please DO NOT send samples in ethanol or any other type of preservative as this destroys the viruses that we are trying to screen.

Thank you so much for your contribution to this project!

Kind regards

Jorge Humberto Medina-Durán

Via Dr. Garett Slater:

Hi everyone,
If you haven’t had a chance to complete the 19th Annual U.S. Beekeeping Survey yet, this is a friendly reminder to please take a few minutes to do so.
This survey is one of the most important tools we have for understanding colony losses, management practices, and the future of beekeeping across the country—and Texas participation really matters.
Please take the survey here: https://aub.ie/us-beekeeping-survey
Let’s work together to make Texas #1 in participation again. Feel free to share this with other beekeepers!
Thank you for your support.
Garett Slater
Assistant Professor and Honey Bee Extension Entomologist
Department of Entomology | Texas A&M AgriLife
1710 FM3053 | Overton, TX 75684
Ph: 701-928-0418 | [email protected]

Apiary Inspectors of America - US Beekeeping Survey The Apiary Inspectors of America first contributed to a national survey of honey bee colony losses in 2007, during a time of uncertainty due to Colony Collapse Disorder. Since then, a version of the Survey has been organized by the Bee Informed Partnership, in collaboration with the University of Ma...